The Best Luxuries

by Little Miss Attila on February 4, 2011

. . . are affordable ones, after all:

Even if you didn’t fall for Obama’s sucker bet on a coupon for 10% off a four thousand dollar unlimited tepid water heater, I’ll bet you can’t take a proper shower.

The building inspector made your plumber set your water heater to max out at 112 degrees, so no one could conceivably get scalded in your house. Now your dishwasher can’t get your dishes clean because the water’s too cold. Your single-lever fixture in the tub automatically mixes in still more cold water with your tepid water, so you’re getting a lukewarm, low-flow fogging instead of a proper, parboiling deluge.

Do your own plumbing. Get the cheapest, biggest electric water heater you can, set it on high, plumb it to a hot and a cold knob, put a big shower head with a lot of big holes in it, and let it rip. I manage not to put my tongue in the toaster oven, and I avoid drinking paint, so the terrors of hot water being available inside my home are lost on me.

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cathy February 4, 2011 at 4:53 pm

That was wonderful!

He could add reading something truly funny — especially reading it out loud to whomever happens to be willing to listen — to the list. 🙂

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